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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. CHURCHILL, OF DELAND, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,957, dated December 19, 1893.

Application filed September 7, 1893 Serial No. 4 (No m l- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. CHURCHILL, of Deland, in the county of Piatt and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to farm gates, and it is embodied in certain details of construc tion and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth and claimed, whereby the gate may be opened and closed from a vehicle, may be locked against stock, and its movements may be positively controlled.

In the drawings forming part of thisspecification Figure 1 is a planet the gate and one post for the manipulating lines, the other post being omitted-for want of space. Fig. 2 is an elevation of .the gate and post. ,Fig. 3 is a plan of the controlling pulley, inverted, showing the top of the pivotal gate barin section.

, Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the pulley andthe pivotal gate bar. Fig. 5 is a perspective representation of a post for the controlling lines, showing'in detail the device used to prevent stock from opening the gate by means of the lines. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the post against which the gate closes, showing the stop latches with which such post is provided. r

The gate 1 is preferably constructed of vertical end bars, horizontal bars connecting the end bars, and metal bars extended through the horizontal bars, as shown in Fig. 2, and the horizontal bars are preferably beveled to lessen the resistance of the wind.

The pivotal bar 11,0f the gate, is hinged in any desirable manner to post 12, and it has a cap, as 16, fixed on its upper end. The controlling pulley 6 fits loosely on the cap, being secured thereon by a bolt 18, or in any dosirable manner, and the recess 19, in afiange of the pulley, receives the lateral extension 17, of cap 16, in such manner as to permit a limited amount of free motion of the pulley on the cap. Latches 2 and 3 are pivotally connected with a rod of the gate and extended through slots in the swinging end bar, and they are connected together by a rod or line as 4. Post 13 has catches 26 for the latches, and such catches are adapted to act, in an obvious manner, as stops to prevent the gate swinging past the closing post. Line 5 connects with latch 2, and, running over a pulley in the upper end of the end bar of the gate, is attached to pulley 6 at 20. Post 14 has a cross arm 15 which is provided with staples or pulleys for lines 7 and 8, and such lines extend to pulley 6, crossing each other on the way, and connecting with such pulley at 21 or thereabout. with weighted handles 9 and 10, which serve to keep the lines stretched and provide means for manipulating the gate. Lines 7 and 8 con-- nect with pulley 6 at 22, and'they extend to The lines are provided a post and cross arm similar to 14 and 15,

where they are provided with weighted handles the same as 9 and 10. A guide frame 23 is secured to each cross arm in position to guide the descent of the inner weights or handles, and such guides are provided with an inclined plate as 24, serrated at its lower edge, and with a shelf as 25. Ordinarily the handle of each inside line engages the serrations of the plates, as seen in Fig. 5, and locks the gate shut.

To open the gate the handle of the inside line is disconnected from the lock plate and laid on shelf 25, after which the outside line is drawn downward causing the pulley 6 to rotate on the cap of the post until line 5 has raised the latches, at which time extension 17 will be in contact with a side of recess 19 and the gate will swing open as the pulley is further rotated by the line. When the gate is opened and the vehicle driven through, the

outside line of the opposite post is drawn downward until the gate is closed, at which time the handle 9 will have been guided down past incline 2-1 and will again be engaging the serrations thereof.

If it should happen that the gate should pass the post 13 in closing an inside line may be used to return it, and both lines may be used alternately until the latches engage the catches.

Ordinarily the gate may be opened and closed by the use of the outside lines only, but theinside lines are good for an emergency, as above stated, and are always of utility in co-acting with the serrated plates to lock the gate shut, or, in other words, to prevent stock from opening the gate by meddling with the mes.

Having thus described my invention, I

5 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In farm gates the combination of the swinging gate, the. pulley on the pivotal bar of the gate, the posts with the cross arms, the

:0 guides on the cross arms having the inclined and serrated plates, and the lines running from thepulley to the cross arms and having weighted handles adapted to engage the serrations of the plates, substantially as set forth.

2. The lock for the. lines of line-actuated 15 gates, comprising weighted handles, 01' enlargements, on the ends of the lines, vertical guides for the handles, and serrated, inclined plates in the guides adapted to engage the lines above the handles, substantially as set 20 forth;

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS A CHURCHILL.

Attest:

R. B. MOODY, H. G. PORTER. 

